๐Ÿพ What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Coppery-tailed Coucal live?

Centropus cupreicaudus has 10,798 records in 10 countries and territories, from 1869 to 2026. Most records come from Botswana.

Coppery-tailed Coucal
Coppery-tailed Coucal โ€” Charles J. Sharp / CC BY-SA 4.0 ยท source
AnimaliaChordataAvesCuculiformesCuculidaeCentropus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: November. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Botswana 5,626
Namibia 2,933
Zambia 1,681
Angola 212
Tanzania 159
Zimbabwe 125
Malawi 37
DR Congo 22
South Africa 2
Mozambique 1

Related animals

Others in the family Cuculidae.

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Squirrel Cuckoo
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Smooth-billed Ani
Smooth-billed Ani
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Groove-billed Ani
Groove-billed Ani
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common hawk cuckoo
common hawk cuckoo
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Guira Cuckoo
Guira Cuckoo
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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months โ€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map โ€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.